LOS ANGELES — A post-show poll from Reuters revealed that the middle class did not see any reason to vote in the 2024 Game Awards, with a majority claiming their vote would not have any effect on games policy for the upcoming term.
“I just didn’t see the point in voting this year. My vote doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things,” said Brenda Meijer, a previously dedicated Game Awards voter. “I live in Wisconsin, and I know my vote is valued at a fraction of a percent compared to some rich, upper-class, one-percenter games journalist working at IGN. A lot of people are disillusioned by it.”
The Game Awards claims to give power to people voting, but weighs the votes of individuals at a fraction of the value of certain elite publications, massively skewing the ballot towards people that actually know what the fuck they’re talking about.
“I don’t know, voting for me was tough this year. None of the candidates really spoke to me on every level,” said Pete Wensler, a Game Awards voter in Kansas. “All of these games are functionally the same anyway. There’s not going to be a big change for us no matter who I vote for. Call me a doomer, but if we haven’t gotten Master Chief in Smash by now, we’re never getting him.”
While The Game Awards does have a Player’s Voice category for the general populace, some feel that it’s not enough and that their opinion on ‘Sonic x Shadow Generations’ should influence every category.
“I think the popular vote is a dumb system,” said Geoff Keighley, host of The Game Awards. “The general public shouldn’t get the option to choose anything for themselves because the general public is on average too stupid to not vote in ‘Genshin Impact’ every year. If it were up to me, I’d choose each winner like the king on high that I am, but for now we’re settling with a system that at least pretends to be fair and balanced.”
UPDATE: As of Friday morning, “Astro Bot” has been elected Game of the Year, having attained the necessary 270 electoral votes despite only getting 30% of the popular vote.
